Geography of Leningrad Oblast

series of canals and rivers in Russia

thumb|A church in Krakolye in 1943

toxic waste landfill in the Tosno district of the Leningrad region

protected area

federal sanctuary in Leningrad Oblast, Russia

bridgehead for Soviet troops in the battle to lift the blockade of Leningrad

thumb|Ruins of the Lutheran church of Vuoksela Vuoksela () is a former rural locality on Karelian Isthmus, in Priozersky District of Leningrad Oblast, located on the western shore of the northern armlet of Vuoksi River. Until the Winter War and Continuation War, it had been the administrative center of the Vuoksela municipality of the Viipuri province of Finland. In 1929 a Lutheran church was built there, which has remained until now.